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PSALTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collection of Psalms for liturgical use
Synonyms:
Book of Psalms; Psalter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Psalter" is a kind of...):
prayer book; prayerbook (a book containing prayers)
Holonyms ("Psalter" is a part of...):
Book of Common Prayer (the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language)